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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Big Ben goes helmet shopping ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Anthony Peterson vs. Adan Hernandez, at Memphis. Just once we'd like to actually see the old horseshoe in the boxing glove gag. [ESPN2] • College World Series: at Omaha, Game 2, Cal State-Fullerton vs. North Carolina. Do one t...
Sadly, It Appears, Michael Jordan Is Back
So here's a scary thought for you: Imagine thinking of Michael Jordan the same way you think of Isiah Thomas right now....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Jerry Crasnick: Wouldn't it be easier just to place an asterisk next to the names of the players who aren't taking steroids? • Noon. NBA Finals with Chris Sheridan: I've begun a support group for people who have b...
And Here Come The Heat
As True Hoop pointed out this morning, this guy must feel like a complete idiot right now....
Hey, Remember These Guys?
Not to remain so firmly ensconced on the jock of Free Darko, but we're completely fascinated with their McSweeney's column today. Namely: Has anybody noticed that Antoine Walker and Jason Williams are playing in this series? Obviously, Dirk and Shaq and Wade and Cuban are the headliners of the ser...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after Shamu looked at you in the front row, suddenly making you feel like lunch ... • Golf: U.S. Open Championship, first round, at Mamaroneck, N.Y. Yes, we are wearing a Jim Furyk t-shirt under our regular shirt. What of it? [NBC] • MLB: Atlanta at Florida. Remember, 'catch and releas...
When Bat Boys Attack
If you were to believe television broadcasts, every fan who runs on the field is violently tackled, beaten or otherwise pummeled. Networks won't show a guy who's just running around, but they love to see him hammered. Hence, last night's Boston-Minnesota game, when a bat boy wallops a sliding fan an...
Taking 'Group Of Death' A Little Too Literally
It may be of interest to our men and women soldiers serving overseas that war is just like the World Cup. So says U.S. forward Eddie Johnson, anyway. The U.S. team was at Ramstein Air Base outside Kaiserslautern, Germany, where they will play Italy on Saturday. Johnson stopped by on Wednesday to say...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. World Cup with Dale Johnson: iTS hARd too tyupe with&out usng my6 handds ..3 • 3 p.m. Page 2's Michael Davies: We understand that you're responsible for "Win Ben Stein's Money." Therefore, we would like to talk to you. • 4 p.m. ...
Chris Henry Keeps Himself Busy
Getting arrested once during an offseason is a mistake. Getting arrested twice labels you a troublemaker. Three times, you're officially an epidemic. But when you're arrested for the fourth time in six months ... aw, now you're just showing off....
Spend Your Fourth With Us!
We apologize for our lingering tech problems today, but all should be resolved now. Sorry. We're going to try to make it up to you; we're gonna give you that long-awaited opportunity to punch us in the face....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your clumsy attempts at romance earn you yet another yellow card ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Oscar Diaz vs. Chris Smith, at Dover, Del. Fisticuffs? In Delaware? [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Mets at Philadelphia. Let's watch as the Mets screw up terribly, yet still manage to win. [ESPN] ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL with Gary Horton: Loved that song North, to Alaska. Written any other ballads lately? • 1 p.m. Boxing Historian Bert Sugar: Will history look back at your sport like the gladitorial games, or like glorified cockfighting? • 4 ...
Hirshey: Brazil Stays Mostly Sheathed
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Did The Heat Really Make This A Series?
After staying up too late watching basketball, we woke up this morning ready to survey the NBA world's presumed newfound excitement over the NBA Finals, which showed some signs of life last evening. But that's not what we found....
Dwyane Wade: Kind Of Fun To Watch
This mighty pretty Getty Images photo, taken during one of Dwyane Wade's many free throws tonight, pretty much sums up everything we just saw: Everywhere we looked, there was Dwyane Wade, and there was Dwayne Wade only....
Is This It For Shaq, Wade And Riley?
Well, if you're not too busy waving David Hasselhoff masks like a maniac, you should certainly be intrigued by tonight's NBA Finals Game 3. The Heat obviously have to win, and the game is perhaps as important to Shaquille O'Neal's legacy as it is to Pat Riley and the rest of the Heat. Even Dwyane ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wishing your mom a happy birthday ... Happy birthday, Mom! ... • NBA playoffs: Finals, Game 3, Dallas at Miami. Hey, winning four out of five — at least one of them in Dallas — that's not too much to ask. Right? [ABC] • WNBA: Charlotte at Washington. The NBA just better hope this...